UNESCO Chair Review GroupUNESCO Chair Review Group

The first annual review group meeting was held on the morning of February 27th 2017, bringing together partners from across three continents for a stimulating discussion and presentations on how to develop and implement the UEA UNESCO Chair programme. James Bridge, Chief Executive of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, skilfully chaired this virtual and face-to-face meeting and commented later that through ‘sharing of context-based knowledge between different countries’, this review group and the first meeting could provide an example of good practice for other UNESCO Chair programmes.

The review group meets annually to monitor the progress of the UNESCO Chair, and to act as ‘critical friends’ through contributing ideas and reflections on the ongoing and proposed programme activities. The review group consists of: